-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Three radio DJs in Kenya are going six days without food while broadcasting non-stop to promote peaceful voting in a country that was nearly torn apart after its last election five years ago .

Ghetto Radio presenters Mbusii , Solloo and Essie have been locked inside a `` glass house '' in central Nairobi since Wednesday , as part of the station 's annual Serious Request Kenya event .

This year 's theme is `` Vote4Peace Vote4Kenya , '' ahead of the East African country 's elections on March 4 2013 . The vote will be the first since ethnic violence engulfed the country after disputed elections in December 2007 , leaving more than 1,000 people dead and 350,000 displaced , according to the Kenya Red Cross .

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Three days into the challenge , DJ Solloo is in good spirits -- despite the lack of food .

`` I 'm a bit hungry , '' he laughingly admits , `` but we have to do this -- it 's a pretty good feeling . ''

Solloo , whose real name is Solomon Njoroge , says Kenya can not afford a return to post-election violence . Last time around , he says , he was a victim of the bloody unrest that swept his town of Eldoret , one of the fighting hotspots in Kenya 's Rift Valley province .

Solloo says that back then he had to spend more than two weeks with limited food supplies while camping at a police station for safety .

`` This country can not afford to go back to that time , '' says Solloo from the glass house , a few moments before going on air . `` I decided to come here because we have to push for this message to be a part of every Kenyan . It has to be every Kenyan 's initiative to know that peace is more than just the absence of war . ''

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The radio presenters ' food strike kicked off on December 19 and will run until December 24 . So far , Solloo says , thousands of young people have gathered outside the glass house to show their support and also take part in a host of election-related activities , including issuing of ID cards , a voter-registration program and democracy workshops .

`` The response has just been amazing , '' says the DJ , who is relying on water and juices to get through the six-day period . `` Everyone 's proactive saying Kenya needs peace . We have to work for Kenya and work for peace . ''

Some of the country 's best-known musicians have also joined the cause by performing live outside the glass house , adding their voice to a growing chorus of Kenyans calling for a peaceful election .

Kenya has had a coalition government following the disputed 2007 elections . In that vote , both Mwai Kibaki , the incumbent , and challenger Raila Odinga claimed to have won . The post-election chaos escalated into ethnic violence with members of the president 's tribe , the Kikuyu , fighting members of Odinga 's Luo tribe and other groups .

The two later entered into a power-sharing agreement , with Odinga named prime minister and Kibaki named president .

Despite some pre-election tensions between politicians in the country , Solloo is hopeful that Kenya 's young population will show the nation 's leaders that bloodshed should be avoided at all costs .

`` I just want everyone to understand that we need peace , '' he says . `` We can not afford another post-election violence . ''

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Three Kenyan radio presenters are going six days without food to advocate peaceful elections

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The East African country is heading to the polls on March 4 2013

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It will be the first vote since the 2007 election , when violence left more than 1,000 dead